Episode

She turned 100+ rejections into a $42B company | Melanie Perkins

Melanie Perkins, CEO and co-founder of Canva, shares how she built a $42 billion company through 'Column B thinking' - working backwards from an ideal future vision rather than incremental improvements. She discusses surviving 100+ investor rejections, the power of crazy big goals, and Canva's two-step plan to build a valuable company while doing maximum good through philanthropy and democratizing design tools globally.